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.<:+opr.» 0.!-1-D 1‘r‘xM‘r—:s. “Can’t I w alk w ith you ftpiece?”“I ’ d ra ther go alo ne,” sh e p ersiste d .

“N ancy — Miss Moppe t s - 1 mu s t

sp eak I” b iurte d out tho old .bac helor.

“I love you b etter’n all the w orld ! I

w ant to m ake you Mrs. Web ster W ix on 1

Th ere,

tha t’s w hat I h ad on m y m in d !

A na your good father, he aays.it w ould

s u i t him exactly, and”

N ancy wheeled aroun d apd faced h er

eager swam.“

Is it me, or fath er, you’re a-courtin g?”

s aid She,

m y own conscience. ■ Six time* five l l

thi rty I S ix flve-liundred-dollar b ills !

"OhrtTord, th ere ain ’t no c ale uk tin’

w h at

a m is !ab le.sin ner I ’ve b een !” < •.

An the oldk i tqhen clock s tru ck nine,

Absalom. Par k er camo in,

b rin g in g w ith

h im a gu st of fresh , frosty air . • '“E venin ’, S quire,” sa id h e.“I ’m

sort o’ lo ok in g up thq w atchers, ’Spose

y ou ’d lik ov tq .b o one o f ’em ? B ut I'd-lik etospeak aword toyoufirst.”

“I f it’ s ab o ut N an cy , it. ai n't tio u s e ,”

gaid Mr. M op p ert, rousing him self-'to the

affairs ot .the w orld wjth some, petulance,

■ 1 T t ain’t about Nancy,.” Absalom ' an-i

s w e red /w iih a .sm ile, -“ I t ’ s abo ut Mr.

A tk in s’sm dnC y ,”Mr. M opp ert gave a s tart,

“Oh, you needn’t jum p s o ,” reassured

Absalom .“ It ’s all Safe.”

in v e stm en ts.. X

city;-n gallr spread, b ut

v-«n «,«n mnnv ts

. „. .......

hag: madeVnva/ih■

"

aS m y elm w* '

jus t mgreat aa

don in the

"

- wffh

�y« flashing,h er lips the

•n d depravity,«Wasting, her

' ’’

v mher

and*influence

b ad »o thw,

uhgOyernedw ith unseat

fountain of

her ,■example *_.

_____n ameadisgracetoeomhtoHenemtions,

e ternity a whiriwm d Ht&BmBaqettOin and a

darkness, One wrong headed totong hearted

mothe r p ;ay r uin ,ope ohud. *n d tha t on*

child, grow n up, may destroy a h u n d re d

people,-an d the hundjied Mast A ^ t oussmd,

p u d the thousand a rafl!fqu, j S * wffe*

sphere is a realm of honor a h d pow er almost

unlimited. Wh a t a Westing wee-B ar** to

Abraham,

was Deborah t o Iiaptdotlj, was

Zipporahto'Moses, was .Huldah tof&aBum.

: T hsfe -are uuutitu dse o f m en in toe

m ar ts o f tra d e ' w h e»fortunes , have"

eon th e result of a w ife’s frugality.’

our. baiids h ar e been achieving toa t

wdtoto -mss.‘i t toe - store,, .: tw o.' f t toe

home, flb eshnrd sns of life, are oomj"” -

tliere *re

_

hands to-hslp im j g i r to oni The-graatesfedifficulties Save often slnnk aw ay because

ther e w ere four eyes to Jeqk -toem hut q f

countenance, W h at pare you fo r h ard

knocks in the "world as long as you h av e

a brigh t domestic cJrcip ,ifor, harodr.i

One cheerful w ord in. toe evening tide as

y on come in h as silenced th e clamor of

unp aid notesa n d the diB«ppoiUtmtotof l»o r

estm ents, y o ur tab le m ay be qmta fru-

-e ft seems more l^u ti f ul to

y o n flia a y ables to a t smoke with veni-

sori and blush w ith B urgundy. Beace meets

y ou at th e door, sits b ^i d e yon ,a t the table,ligh tsup .'to e evening stand;, and sings in tfle

hurse ry,.

You b ave seenah aged couple who

f dr ttorehofyeato’figvehefopieato ifther (toih life’s :pilgrimage going down the. staip of

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thi

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ivei .th ey ben t over the same cradle; th ey wepta t

m uch alike, h

tfle same giave. Ip fhe evening they s it

quietly th in k in g o'ttoep ast, m other k nittingat the stand, father in his arm chair af the

fire. '

tto,

W totX

\f'A.1\I A D‘L."~"I‘i7I\'?AfL.?In the good old times, throughthe dewy vale

Themflk-maid came tripping home,

With am erry song and a bright tin pallAlldripping with snowy foam.»

But the, slow boy now, with sleepy eye,

Goes Iato in the shade of the trees,

And leans his head on th e old cow’s thigll,

With tho buckets betweon his knees,

Ob, thogouil oKi tmios. uf ths early-birds,.The plashing churn,and the squeaking'curds!

In the good old times, rosy R uth .in the. .field

Drank butter-inilk outof a jug;

But-now-pale Pauline,-ih tho parlor con­-

cealed,Sunk deep in a chair all cushioned and

wh ‘oleri,

With her fingers beringed, an d her checks

cochinealed

TH E BROOKLYN DIVWE’g-

DAY SERMON. -

labs, , . .

I h ave ' no t togt* to'assoctotomt, snddssijhabits, miairtyare -toe naaws

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whiph men ars ervcrd ay n u k l M M fl l i

Th«y have itrewn to e earth w ittt toe ,<»jr-o t^ a n t s a ild fljBdd toe

ding the mult

and their eyes out..

to what teraptatiqoa ttigk .subjected they would b* mqSaS.ir peaversand more carsfhlstoodtt

No young man escapes hav'

If parents <

ev .

f n yof sin pictured to tortflXt

dm^ flrst time I ever saw a City-—Ih

Of Philadelphia—-Iw as a ms*»

ped a t a hoi*eti and I remem"

f t

the

ut........

ihe basilisk.

t T w as afraid o f him. I todr fl lto ad t

round in fro nt o f m e

and diabolicml effort 1 .

soul; butto era w ere„th atp igh t. I t was no goodresolution

part, butitw a* to® *11enoompatoing g .

a good Godth at dehrered me. BeWarifl

w are 1: 0 young m anI

There. Is a Way th a t seemeto_

.mto, bnt to e tod thereof is dsato,victims of an Impure Jifs. to all

agfe could be gathered .togetoer,make a host Vaster th an t h a t '

led across the H ell

-aeross -In d ^ ^ W

- p t o m

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fr};3;,’ a >

Subject; “The S horn ImclcsofS A ni-

a o n ,1’.--■' ■ *

~sA1:U-1mAv_;oc'r,ouI:;.;c :2, L889-liT sxt : uPnticeMm, a«ct see WSpwW Mt

great strength Ueth, txndpy what meant toe

intyy weM il dttainst m wbind him x-------Idio. aMet him-dnd

)‘hee —

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tfiOU"

san d dollars-of our money, w ere thus offered

for to§ capture otw gi ant,. I tw w Mh ske»

skillful pireallywas, ’ waMIi ore

not supple enoughto. describe him. HeWas a‘

t i n d a child; the conqueror and the d e1

..sd, able to shap a t a fiou’S jaw. an d y et

eaptttrisd.fey' the rigb-P? am fiidefi,'apt:

u ler anq s|aV-H e Was

vice. tKft, sublimd an d i............

.enough to make a. goodriddle, and-yeb week

enough - to fie caught . in - the

mofit 1.superficial stratagem'; honest

enough t6 settle h is debt,, and y et out,

rageously robbing somebody else to g et the

material to, pay it ; a miracle and a scoffing;a crowning glory an d a b urning Shame.

Thoro fie stands, looming up above other

men, a mountain o f flesh; his arm s bunched

w ith muscle tha t ca n lifttho gate pf city;-ntaking an attitude defiant of arm ed men tori

wildboasts. His h a ir had novel1 been cut;

a u dit, rolled down in sevengteat plaits over

hia shoulders, adding to hjs,#®^neS s tori

terror. Thq Philistines want, to conquer

him,

and therefore they must find out where

the. secret o f his stren gth lies. . ,-T h e re -isa woman living lit tha.vaHey.of

1. i Jlli / f S m t i

are secreted ifithe same bufiding"an d then

Delilah goes to w ork and coaxes Samson to

ho says,“ if you should toko seven' greenwithes,'such as th ey fasten w ild beasts With,

seven green • withes. Tfien-she claps h er

.hands a n d' says; “They come—tlie P h ilis­-

tines!" an d hi) w alks out as though there

w ere no,impediment.. Shesoaxesfiim ttgain,.an d says: „“Now tell mo the ?ocret of

great strength; and he replies;“I f you.should tak e Some ropes tha t havO never been

used; and tie.me with'them; I should .he just

like othfer’ men,” She ties him With the

'’“

They.

__,.

... ou t as

easy as he dfd before?—not a single Obstruc­-

tion. She coaxes, .him again, and h e says:

‘Now, if y ou should take these seven-longplaits ofh afr, aiidb y this house loom Weave

’ h ein into a web, I could not got away.” So,thehouse loom isro lled up, and the shuttle

flies backward and. forward^ and the. Jloiig

H e walks out as easily as he did before,"th e loom w ith him.__ Biit

after awiule she Itersnades him to tell, the

truth.Ho says: “I f you shouldtake a razor,

o r shears,’ an de nt-dil this long hair, I should

bepbwerless, afrd in the hands of m y ene-

help is caBedin. Y o u know tha tthe h arb e rs

of the E a s t have such a. skillfulway o fman­-

ipulatingth e head, to this v ery day th e fwill

p u t a man, Wideawake, sound asleep. ’ T hear

toe blades o f the shears grindihgsgainst each

other, an d I see th e long looks falling off.

__ThesheapSi-OFrazor,aceempiishes-wh at green-•■abnWithes an d new ropes and house loom could

n o t do. Suddenly she claps h er hands and

says: “T he Philistines be upon. toee, 'Sam-

sonl” Ho rouses up with a struggle, buthiS

strength i s all gone 1 H eis intl io hauds of

h is enemies!; Ih e ar the groan Of th e giant' '

1eyes out, an d then I seo him

„.ip his blindness, feelinghis

w ay Us h e goes o ntow ard Gaza, The prisondoor is oponed ahd the gian t is thrust.m

—He

crahk, which; With exhausting horizontal

motion; goes,day afte r day, Weeka fter week;,

month, a f t er m onth—work, werk, work!

The consternation o f th e w orld is captivity,-his lOcks stoorhj hls eyes punctured, grindingcotn ih Gaza. In a previous sermon o n this

character I learned somelessons, hut another

class pf lessons aye before iis now, ■

_wo_Rus on‘ WISDOM-..

T ime au*i opportunity lost is eternally

lost. .1

s a She,“Why you, of course!” •

-“Thentakemyanswer—NoI”

"

ySia"w ifKb ut w m & g 'fo r th e fe t uttc o i­-

lie r basket, she hurrie d away, h er ch eek s

blazing, h e r b rea th coming quic k a n d

fa s t. '

“F ath er’ll be aw fu l m a d ,” she thou gh t,

“b u t I ’d sooner die than m arry th at

inan 1”

Webster Wixon stood a m inute g azm g

after her in crestfallen silence; then ho

w ent back to apple h arvestin g w ith an

ominous compression, o f h is lips,“The m ad der she gets the pre ttier she

look s ,” th o u ghthe.“ Well, w ell, -time

will show. B ro ther Moppet s a js she

sh all be m y wife, an d that ou gh t to c ou nt

fbr consid’a b le .”

__I fawomanhadn’ther weakpoints she

'

w ould be an angel.

Wh at we call time enou gh always

proves, little enough.N o rfian c an afford to have faults, the

people exaggerate th em so,

Th e man w ho know s him self thorou gh ­

ly h a s little confidence in o thers.

T h e good th in g s a man does are hard

to rem ember, th e ev il th in g s are dre ad ­

ful easy.

Is making darned dogs on-artig.

Ob, the good old times of the scythe’s keen

ring,And the purple flash, of the barfi-swalio.ws

wing! ,

H e tp ok a flat p arc el out of b is p ock et.

“C ount ’em ," sai d h e,“ Six, .ain’t

ther e ?”..

Mr. M op p ert stare d at Absalom P ark er

as A laddin mig ht havo s tarte d at tbo

Gen ii. . ' ".t ’

tn the good old times by the wide chimney

back,

A11 the children w ith the faces-aglow,Their nuts and their jokes delighted to crack,

And their lips over yard s of candy to smack,

While they laughed at the wind and the

snow.

en ii. . ' ".t“H o w -^ w here—” he stam mered!

W ere w e as eloquent as angels, wo

should please some more by listening than

b y talk in g ,

Ifryo u h a v e n’t th e moral courage to

lau gh at s a^

m e^jth en you are another

of nature's inrttakaa.

Absalom gave a lo w chuckle .“H ush!” said h e.“D on’t speakloud*

I se e n th e o id m e n hide ’e mthe re, like a

hum an m agp ie as h e whs. I'-kn ow ed i t

w asn ’t safe,: so I qu ietly to o k ’ em out,

a rter he’d h a d th a t last strok e , a n d locked

,

’

em in his b la ck lea ther tru nk up i n th o

g arret. A n d you may th ank mo th at

t h e y wdsn’t all burn ed up in the first fire

i ligh te d in, th at id entical stove!”

•lopperfc turn ed a purp lish re d . ~

“You k ninv ab o ut tha t Stove?” said

h e, w ith a gasp . ,“I t w a sn ’t like ly , ho. su c h co njurin g

cou ld go o h about S ir. ^Atkins’S iplace,and

m o no t k n o w it,” said Park er, drily .“T ho stov e wasn’t of no gre at conse­-

quence, thou gh , exc ep t for old iron . I

guess the churc h folks ’11 g et sick of i t

b efore a gr eatw h ile .”

Mr. M opp et drew a lo n g breath .‘

‘When they d o ,” said he, ‘‘I’ll m ake

’e m a pre s ent of a bran d -new one. An d ,

Absalom—”

Mr. M oppet drove leisurely on to H orn

H ill, drove an excellent b argain for a

h igh ly ornamental wood-stove, after hav;

in g successively interview ed every h ard ­

w are dealer in town, and set. forth .to . re ­

turn with i t in his wagon ju s t a t d u sk.“

It’

s a w arm d ay for the tim e o’ year,’

said he,“ an d i t ’s easier trav elin g to r the,horse arter d ark . I t ain’t a b a d clay s

w ork, come to think o n ’t . I b eatB ro ther

P iper down p retty well on the price, and

U. ~ /J^Ilnv’n V»oVF +n> v»avk tb.6<i t ’s w orth a do llaf h alf to cart

thin g home over these bumpy roads.

T hey ’low ed twenty dollars fo r i t , an d I.

go t it for fifteen. T ak in ’my time an d

w heel w ear and horseflesh in to considera­-

tion ab o ut

th e odd fiye dollars. Business is b u si­-

ness. I t’

,I guess I won’t say no thin ’

s a p rop er p retty p a ttern , too —

thistle leaves an d acorns. I ’d like one

th e same fashion in my best room , and”

—w ith a lo n g w histle—“ why sh ould n ’t I

h ave it? Th ere’s that second h an d ed

sto ve Gran’th er Atkin s to ok fo r a d eb t

from Solon Grubb. I t ’

ru s tin’

s je s t sta n din ’

away in h is b ack w ood shrfiL I ’ll

fetch it hom e to-m oirow an d b la ck i t up,

an d let E lder Meachan suppose I got a

b arg ain fro m som ebody; and I ’ll have

the nice new stove for m yself, and

nobody’ll b e none th e w iser, now that

Gran ’th er j l tk in s is confined to his bed

c teep m r paralysis “'an d Absalom

P ark er’s up in th e wood lots, ch op p in ’d ow n tre es for w inter firewood. J t ’s a

g ood idee. I ’m glad I happened to th in k

o f i t !"

_

.

H e drew rein opposite th e A tk in s

house. All was dark and qu iet there

save the one red ligh t tha t b urne d i n old

Mr. Atk in s’s bed-room ,At th at identical moment, h ad h e but

know it, Absalom P ark er—th o old fiaan’s

general facto tum —was hangin g ov er the

gard e n ga te of his own place, talk in g to

pre tty Nancyjkamong the purp le dahlias

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aslersan d quilled

And i t w as no difficult ta sk for a man

of Jo hn M oppet’s physical s tren g th skill­-

fu lly to lift the old stove out of its place!in the outer shed in to his wagon.

Happiness is a perfume that one cah ­

o o t shed over another witho ut a few drops

falling un one’s self.

In family government let this alwaysbe rem embered, tha t no reproof or de ­

nunciation is so p otent as the silent in ­

fluence of a good exojnpleJVo man ever ta iu ed ol U s w ort w ith

out saying something about its great men­-

tal strain. We suppose th at e ' e i the

wood-chopper think s it is brain work

tha t makes him so tire d at night.

A man sees an idea so much quickerwhen a pop ular name is attached to it,

th at i t suggests a motive, eith er th at he

is too tired think for himself, or he hopesto be m istaken for a sensible man.

H usband and w ife—so m uch in com­

m on, how different in typ el She all

golden hues and softness, h e ali d ark

shades and energ y ; her step so ligh t and

c hild-like, his so manly and steady. Such

a contrast, and y et such a harmony,stren g th an d weakness blended together.

A wise m an will turn adverse criticisms

an d m alicious attack s to good accouut.

H e will consid er carefully w hether there

is not m him some weakness or fault

which , altho u gh h e never discovered,

was plain to the eye of his enemy. Many

m en profit more by the assaults of foes

thaD by the kindness of friends.

But now: they, alas, can chatter and play

In bright semi-circles.no m ore.

Bat freezing and thawing by night and by

day ,’

And shovipg and crowding each other away,

Huddled,round a w arm hole in the floor.

Oh, the good old times of simple contents,

Of the back-log fires, and the common sense!

-aeross - n - p o m

out in file aemds 'toi*

th ipk th e vangu ard of toe ho

dn th e KeaCh o ftoe Pactflc .wh

guard! stood Ott the b e a o hp f *

I sa y this n o t because* exjany ouethat h as gone as t r ay to tois fearfuLp ato tbu l because I w ant to utter a w

fo r those who stiji m ain tain their integrity^Thecases of reclam ztion oftooee w to

In the good old times ere the day begun,

The mother was up with tfie bird;

And all day long, till the set of sun,

She wove at the loom oa the soft yarn spun,

And ofall her cares left nothing undone,

And never a murmuring word.

Oh, the good old times of the home-made

wares,

Of the pewter plates and th e straight-backchairs.

N ew -an d toon, a ^grandchild comes and

they look a t him. w ith affeetion nhtoid and

come well nigh spoiling him Witli kindnesses.

T h e Jife m frriats b e a t feeb ly iu to to pulsesan d : their w ork will soon h e dene and the

M aster Will call. A few sh ort d ay s m ay sep­-ara te them

,

but, not far ap art in time ofde-

re , toev' join each other on the other

heflood. Side toy. side 1st Jacob ap d

_....el b e hurle d lA to n e willow overarch

_j e ir graves. B e t their tombstones stand^jk e m arked w ith to e same Scripture.-Chil­-

dre n an d grandchildren will come in th e

sprin g time to brin g flowers. Thq patriarchs“

--an d drop a tea r .over

b y sido at the marriageof tlie town will come1 — ,

.depaytecLworth. Side e 'altar. Side b y side in the long journey.Side b y hide in to eir graves. After Jife’a

fitful fever they slept weU.

•f But the re are, as m y s ubjec t suggests; do-

mescic scenes ne t so tranquil. M[hat a curse

t o Job and P otiph ar w are their companions,t o Ahab was Jezebel, to Jehoram w as .Atha-

hah,

to. Jo hn “Wesley wh? Mrs, ■ Wesley, to

Samson was Delilah, While the m ost excel-

—

•w e find among the women Ofhistory, and th e

w orld thrills w ith,

th e names of Marie .Am

h ave rifled in to e brightestan d sun g fh® sweetest c a ntos

^ aud

chanted, the nation s w ith their "art and

■swayed toe mightiest o f scepters,o n the otherhUnd the nam es of M a ry 'th e

.P ir s t b f England, Marg aret o fPrance. Julia

o f Rome and Elizabeth P etrow na -OfRussia

have scorched the ev# of h isto ry w ith them__ThesheapSi-OFrazor,green-•■abn

o to o e e w tojto

v e,

given themselves fifliy up - to - to Sro w to d to

are so few. probably y ou d °not knoW one'of

toenfl 1 toves eto a good m any^

s tart w toott

thatroad , H ow m auy have I aeM-copto»hack? Not one that I now think of, I t seams 1

a t i f th e spell of death is on toem to d to to r-

m an voice or th e yoioe ofGod <*» .brei'

spell. Their’feet are hoppled, their 'are handcuffed. They-have aroun d them a - 'girdle ofreptiles bunched at toe ' waist, f t o -

tening th em to an jiion dome;’<th eyh reath e the fork e d tongiMa.sfrik«tiwinand th ey strain to b r e

^aW ayunt il 'to e teo-

donslmap aud the blood exudes; aucNunidat

their contortions th ey cry putt“ Take m e

back to toy fa ther’s house. Where is motor

er? Take nfBhome I T ak e m e homef

“Yes, M i . Moppet?” ••

“You wo n’t say no thin’- to nobody?”

‘ ‘N o,” 's a id Absalom ,“ I a in ’ t o ne o’

t h e ta lk in ’so ft.”

,

In the good old times the fa ther prayedFor grace a t his daily board;

Althoughby his plow, and his hoe, a n d bis

spade,It seemed tha t himself by his own labor

made

The ripe corn grow from the tender blade,

And his barn with abundance stored.

But now, who doth care grateful hands to

upraise

1 While he thinks he is blessing himself ?

As graceless he feels on the bounties of grace, _AndTrM ?H esnota'thank nor 'a whisper~of

praise,

Believingntr’waya are above h is ways,

And heaven on th e pantry shelf.

Oh, the good old times, and the thanks that

were said

For the honest flutter, and the warm brown

bread 1

“And, Absalom—”

“Yes, i f c Moppet?”“Since y on an d N ancy really are at­-

ta c h ed to each other—”

‘ ‘We’r e j u s t th at , Mr, jMoppet>”,“

I don ’t see no objection to your g et-

t ib ’ m arrie d .th is fa ll;” Said. M oppet, w ith

a n effort.“You may te ll N anc y that

sh e has m y consent!”

eme e

-structiou tak a y o nrmoral-aad y o ur tp!ritual

integrity. Do you-not pee: y o u r sanualebe-

ginningto curj on th at re d h ot path? T h is

d ay in the name Of A lm ighty G od t tea r '[off to e beautifying v r t l and-ffag-tt o 'iproidered m antle of . tois <fld hag o f

(iniquity, and I • show you to e uleefs’

an d the bloody iohor an d the eanostodlipand the p artin g join ts and to» maoerated

limbs a n d the wriggling putrefaction, a n d I’

c r yp ut: Oh .ho rror'o f ffojrorsl ihto ek tiil--

ness of this. S abb ath ho ur I lifts'

Nancy crie d a show er o f h app y tears

w h en Absalom to ld h er th e goocfi news

But h e never imp arted to h er the story

o f the stov e. A s ho' himself h a d re­-

m ark ed,“ h e w as not one"of tho ta lk in’

s or t."

—^Saturday Mght.

A M in is ter Nonplussed.

H arriet Beecher Stow e’s son, Rev.

Charles B. Stowe, of H artford , C ono.,

m et w ith an experience the other evening

whic h completely nonplussed him, says

th e Chicago Herald.

One evcnlu g qu ite recently he dined

w ith Mrs. J . VV. Boardm an, proprietresso f the H ote l Woodruff. V isiting Mrs.

B oardm an is a cute little niece ab out five

years old. She is a regular ch atterbox and

m akes m any brig h t rem arks durin g the

d ay . Fearin g lest th e child would aston­-

is h the preacher by some outlandish say­-in g. her au nt w arned her to keep mum

d urin g Che tlmucr.

—Rev. John B, L. Soull.S ea-W eed o f th e G u lf S tr eam . Tpfffih

habits than to get r i ^

.'minute oftun e y o n m ay g et toto a s

which all eternity cannot g et you. w*

Oh, that the voice of God’s_drown toe voice of Delilah; C

ways of pleasantneas an d the pathea'ofpeaoe

an d b y toe grace of a p ardoning God s tar t

fo r thrones o f honor a n d domjnfcffi iipOnwhioli y ou m ay reign, ra ther th an toayel tU

ro ad to a dungeon, w here too destroyedrin d iu the mfflsof despafr, thexr lo da s he m

■from• T he sea-weed in the gulf stream, is

filled w ith life o f all k in ds.Crabs and

shrim p s seek refu g e in i t , an d feed upon

m in ute li fe also there fo r safety. T he

goose b arnacle is foun d h ere in great

num b ers, attach ed ,t<^ every flo atin g ob

jec t . T h is is the anim al w h ic h is such

an enemy to sh ipm a|ters sailin g from

tro p ic al ports. ' A lth ou gh th e vessel’s

Y>ottom a s scraped jus t before leav in g

p o r t , y o un g goose barnacles attach th em ­

selves in such num b ers th at, ow in g to

th ei r rapid, gro w th , they seriously xetord

th e ship’s progress. T h e re 13np re m e dy

b u t to sa il on, lettih g the m grow as fast

as they w ill, an d re m ovin g them When

p or t is reach ed . N orw egian sailors be­-

lieve that th e b arnacle goose hatch es out

of-the go ose barnacle, and, 'many have*as-

serte d t h a t they h ave seen the y oun g jus t

On die pojnt. o f flying o ut. T his belief

p ro b ab ly arises fro m th e p eculiar scoop­-in g m otion of th e frin g ed feet of the

barn acle w hile i t is Obtaining food,

E veq th en a good im a gin ation needs some

s tre tc h in g to be able,'to see a resemblance

to . a y o un g b ir d . Wh en a b arnacle is

y oun g i t is free-sw im m ing, and resem­-

b le s a s hrim p , b u t as i t gro w s older lta t-

tachcs its elf to some objec t by a sort of

cement an d becom es so changed that,

'un le ss i t s anatomy is carefully studied,

no affinities to a shrim p w ould h e im­

agin ed . In d eed,,

early naturalists con­-

sid ere d i t to b e a shell-fish or mollusk

O d d os i t may seem ; m any kinds o f ani­-

mals, at first possessed of free m otion

v olu ntarily attach them selves to some ob

ject, an d aro from th at m oment impris­-

on ed,

h av in g no p o v er o f m oving from

place to place.—-Popular Science Monthly.

__ThesheapSi-OFrazor,green-•■abn

spirits; hUVe gone shrieking an d cursing-through th e world. In female biography Wa

find the tw o extremes ofexcellence and crime.

Womkn stands nearestth e gate e f heaven or

nearest the door ot hell. When .adorned bygrace toe reahhto a p oint of Christian eieva-

taon which: m an cannot attain , to d When

blasted of crime she sink? deeper than m to

canplunge. Yet I am gla d tha t th e instances

in wnieh Woman makes utter shipwreck of

THE O LD S T OV E .5

x Va-

“N ancy 1” said Mr. Moppet.

“Sir?” responded Nancy.

Mr, Moppet was com ing in fro m the

garden p ath . N ancy, w ith plump white

arm s b are d to the elbow, w as washing the

breakfast dishes in a d eep pan of hot

soapsuds-

Mr. Moppet was a h{ird fe ature d elder­-

ly man, w ith w h itish blue eyes, a strag­-

gly fringe of w h ite b eard b eneath his

square chin, and a bald cranium.Nancy

was fresh colored a n d b ri g h t eyed, with

silky tendrils of auburn h air drooping

over her freckled forehead, and a certain

dimple perpetually playing at hide-and-

seek on her left cheek. T he two com­-

pletely realized Shakespeare's id eal of

“Crabbed Age an d Youth.”

But, says some cynical spirit, what do youdo With those Words itt Ecclesiastes where

Solomon says:“ Bphold, this h av e I found.

saith to e preacher, counting one b y on* to

fin d out-the ac c ount;.wh ic h y etin y sow.

seeketh, but I find, not; one m an among a

thousand h»v?T found; bu ira woman amongall those have I n ot found?” My answer is

t h at i f Solomon h ad behaved'him self w ith

common decency and kep t o ut of infamous

circles h e w ould not have-h ad so much,

difficulty in. finding integrity (jf char­-

a cter among Women a na n e v er would

have uttered such a tirside. E v e r sine* m y

toffdhpod-1-hare heard,jspeakers ato iri nr

Diogenes, th e cynitol philosopher who livi

i n a tub , for goin g through th e streets of

Athens t o bread. daylighTw ith * lantern,

and when, asked w h at h e d id t o at for. said :“l am looking fo r an h onest m an.” Now I

warrant tha t th a t philosopher ,who h a d

such h a r d work to find an honest man was

himself dishonest, I think h» stole both th e

lant«m and toetub . So, When Ih e ar a m an

expatiating on the weakness of women, I .immediately1 suspect him and say there is

another Solomon -w ith Solomon’s Wisdom,ieft out. Stilh I Would not h ave the illus.

have given of traiisoendingexCel-

.eticy in lem aiebiography lead y o qto supposetha t there arftno perils inwoman’s pathway.'God's grace alone call m ak e an Isabella

Grah am , or a Christina AIsop, or a. Fidelia

-Fiake, o r a C atherine of Siena. Tetnptationslu rk ab out th s brigh te st domestic circle. It

S hakespeare1590.

b egan to w r i t e ab out

crime ia sPoisoning is a very common

India.,

The average age of twelve Englishbishops is sewmty-inx years.

The Turkish Empire was estahlished iff

Asia, under OthmanI,,

in 1999.

King Malietoa’s salary before he was

deposed:amounted to �90 a month. ',

Tfie drum, was Used by the Egyptiansand brought by the Moore into Spain. •

It is said; tbat Paris, when full, eta ac-{commodatenearlyfour millions df pao-1

Ple * .'

was iio unmeaning thing when God UP

jamidsttoe splendors qfHia w ord the champ-ter'o f infamous Delilah.

Again, th is strange, story, of toe tex t

Jeads m e to consider some of to e w ays in

wVoV*fronirtow> p-ottheirifickssbnrn God

~ c iThe tennisballnow bounds in China,-

ough dirt Courts arc more im

A hta grass.

th e fre que nt

shears clippedtoe strength <

buted, Bom

oi

e-'

len gth c fh is h a ir; •

his Strength Was gone. Th

men ia variously distri

times i t lies in physical development,Sometimes in intellectual attainm ent,

.sometimes in h eart force, sometjmeein Social position, Sometimes in~*'ftnan-

cial accumulation; an d there is alw ays

a sharp shears ready to -de stro y it . E v ery

day ther eare Samsons Ungianted. I saw a

y oung m an S tart in life under toe most cheeiN

-ing advantages. Hi? acute m ind Was. at

-JUome in all scientific dominions. He reached

to e cloud au d th e sparkle of th e Wave and

fee diapason of toe thunder. H e walked

forth i n life head-and shoulders above others

hi mental s toture,' H e could wrestle

Iwito gian ts in opposingsystems otplnlosophyand c arry off toe gates-of to e Opposingschools ta d smite the . enemies Of truto hipand thigh with great slaughter. B uth e be-

gan to. tam p er w ife brilliant; free-thinking.. llodertt theories Of the soul thr s # over

him their blandishments. Skepticism was

toe Delilah th at shore hia looks off; and

all th e Philistines o t d oub t and darknee* t a d

despairWere np on hihi. H e died in a very

prison ofunbelief, his ejes ntif, , . ,F a t back m toe country districts—just

where I purposely omit to to y—there was'

hem one w hose fame will la s t as long,a*American in stitu tio n s. His-iiame Waa the'

terror of sdl enemies Or free government,He stood, the admired of milions; the nation

unooveredin.his presence andwheU bespokeSenate* sat breathless under the spell. T

i f e g t e i s a a s

locks in a Web, y ethe Walked forth from toe

enthralhneut, n o t know ing he had MUW

A bond. B ut front the wine cup tow*

K p S A ® i *s i s ’

B T S lM r g iW S M S B fS S S j

I

sung, t a d painters sketobed, au d Sculptor*e]mSd*dtoemajeetic form .totom arb le , a n d

the worW. wept, butet a^ h e r e itW a sk n o w n

toat i t was stron g drink, t h attow* lik eti

JffTOttk tU IsI&Qg Ul vW^»v8 *M»® taWv?

fMrth a Mature" '

ern es to make-* li, Pii

, thronse trembl* and oourulse

the earth, sdmtoit, Nart**. Bavari:

toany, Italy , Austria t a d ^ f i« d« t a up to

crush the rising man. Attheplunge of Ws

“burst.....

m r 1

bayonei* Bastffes

n ed w ith toe

Saragossa aiIin Ws war*.

■ia, Gar-

T w o H ebrew s own th e s ite b f un d ent

B abylon, w hSre thei r an cestors were c ap - '

tives ta d slave*

., —j

F if teen of the twenty-five xuayom w h o

h av e governed Chjeago hav e b eea n»-i

tives o f the S ta te o f N ew Y ork ,

Nebraska h tafip great man with k

hationajj reputation, butghehas jujt-cometo th* front with 0four-legged chicken.|

Tip return, pf land-granta madij in,Western Australia shows th at op* m ta .Owns ta d Controls nearly t , 909,090'

acre*. , . ■ !A w oman an d h er husb an d ar* m s s ter

t a d engineer resp ectively o f a ttod in g

Steam er on t h e C olumbia Bi.ver, W aah J”

in gton . *-r ~

y

I t i s s tated th a t e v er 1 6 ,0 0 0 h o rses ar*

slau gh tere d for fo od every y e ar m. P ari*,'

an d of th is quan tity tw o -th ird *are us e d

fo r sausages.

I t i s said th at six ty -thre*

m illionaires

re sid e in th e terr itor y betw een , D ob b ’S

F err y ta d T arry tow u , N . T . , a distan ce

o f om y aix m S e s ; -1

T h e Japauese Government h i s coined-

�8 9 ,0 9 0 w orth ef aick el flve-fetat pieces.'Th*

p eop le lik e them m uc h,

«d thei

coinagew ill b e c o ntinue d

.ThereareruinsnearGallup, Cal., the

foundation walk of which can be traced!

for two miles, indicating the erittsnd* of

g large town in the loOlity in bygonetimes, .

Thff Shah of Persia asserts that tiie^

Kobinooris anunlucky jewd-BspomtiTto the factthat Queen Victoria less her

husband Soon, after coming into posses­-sion ofthe famous‘stone.

At a marriage cerejnony ia Japanmeither thebride nor the grown ws»om -wears’

any clothing of * purple color le*t_ tariff

marriage shouldbe soon disedved,^

e befrig a color most lieblwtofsrito . J ,■Mil 11

lltz,slain

Ths, * ta to

tad^y U m .PFfr

^taiu<mttUjnCromii»

his feet, sn d kingdoms b e i s to d j r i i m^ d

•r ch e s to l s t b i m.................

lighted up a t th s 00~ v* S T .

S um . H . ro S r i

S f fi v a s r a“ «S T ^

e s . e s

tbsrs aross a spfrltla whfato tas qoffquewr

..;\ The adm o nition was listened to with

aw e, and at the table the little one

scarcely da red look a t Mr. Stowe, not

w ishing to commit a supposed sin. While

th e servant was absent from the room,the

little g irl nbticed there was no butter on

h er small p in k dish.

She di dn ’t mind holding her tongue,

b ut to e a t bread without b utter—that

w ould nev er do. She took a survey of

the table, and io an d behold, the b utter­-

dis h was directly in front o f the preacher.Wistfully she gazed at b o th for a few

seconds. N ever m her bn ef existence did

s h e appear so pensive. T hen gatherin g

all her courage and clearing her throat,

sh e said

wagon.

“Git up , Prin c e,” hq m uttere d to. his

hom e, sh ak in g the reins, and away they

w ent.

CTJRIffDS P AffT S .

w ent.E lder M eachan was not qu ite satisfied,

w ith the bargain.The church brethren ,

too, would have preferred a new store,

considering th e money th e y h a d sp e nt ;b ut B rother M oppet was a mtm in a u th o r­-

ity , and the y were compelled to acquiesce

in his choice.

T ■

pf aye ,

b eam flrst how very-strong people are

sometimes coaxed into. '..........

Samson b a d no ri gh t to

h is strength,^ Delilah’s first attem p t

out is a'fa flure ; -He says:“ Green withes

will hind me," b ut i t was a failure. Then1. , ^ . SCA'

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m y locks into a w eb an dthat WiU hind me,'

y et toat also’was a failure. But at la s t yonsee how she coaxed i t outhim , tTnimportantactions i n life that involve no moral princi-.pie m ay w ithout injury be subjected to

ard ent persuasions, b u t as Soon-as-you have

qome to the line th at separates righ t from

wrong, no inducement orbltodiahinont oughtto make you ’step over if , Suppose a man.

has been brought up |n a Christian house­-

h old an d -taught saoredly to ' observe

toe Sahbath,-Sunday comes; y ou^

a n t

fresh air. T emptation, says;“ Sundayis just like other days; n o# doni’t be

bigoted; w e wiU rid e forth among to e Works

ofGod-

the Whole earih is Hi? temple; we

w ill not go into any dissipations: tome, now,

I haVS th e carriage engaged anuWe shaU be

back soon enough to go to , church in the

-evening; don’t yield to Puritanic notions;

yoii wfll b e ho w orse for a ride in th e coun­-

tr y ; the blossoms are outa n d tliey say every­-thing is looking glorious.”“ Well; f Wiilgo.So mease yeti, is the response. An d out

they go aver th e .street, consciento drowned

in th ? c la tter ofthe Swift hoofs and th e r u s t

of the resounding Wheels. T h at temptedman may have h a d moral character enoughto break, the green withes of—ten .thousand

Philistine allurements, b ut h eh as been ovOr-

come b y coaxing.Two young men passing down th is strte t

cam# oppotitoa drinking Saloon w ith a red

lantern hung out from the door to ligh t men.u gtirperffitioni “L e t us go in ,” says one. “No,

s ay s tneoi_„, ______„___

places,” “N h to jfoii don’t say y on are as

weak as that, w hy , lhavebeen.goingthere

fbr twoyears and i t hasn’t-h urt me._

Coine^

totaohoW, be a m an. H you ‘Can’t standi

smyttiing stronger, take a little ’sherry. Yon

need to see the w orld as it is. 1 don’t beliovc

his choice.N ancy was delighted with the new

acquisition for th e b est room.

“Oh, isn ’t it p retty?” said she.

“Yes,” nodded Mr. M oppet, rubb in g

his han ds,“ it’ll sort o’ dress up the

room for your w eddin’.”

“My wedding?”“Je s t so. I ’ve arranged m atters with

Web ster W ix on , an d—

—”

“I ’m a-goin’ to town,” said Mr. Mop­-

pet.“ You won’t need t o bile no potvictuals for d in ner. Waste makes want.

A cup o’ tea and a biled eg g and w hat's

left o’ yesterday’s pork and greens—-

that'll be all you ne e d.”

“Yes, father, acquiesced Nancy.

She was th in k in g of Something else all

the while.

if?:H

V1;*yr’ .

4 I

■Dear pastor, w on't y ou please, for

G od's sak e, pass tne butter f”,

Rev. Mr. Stowe never roceircd such a

shock. H e leaned over in his chair to

p ic k up his napkin, which, of course, had

qp t fallen. Mrs. Boardman must at that

mom ent arrange a window curtain, and

other guests were suddenly troubled with

a frien dly cough.Little Mabel, self satisfied that she had

done the proper th ing, w as the only one

a t tbe ta b le who could positively prove

that she was alive.

, —Nancy b urst ihto tears, and ra n o ut of

the room.

em to make c ak e for h er niece's party.

B etter go early th is mo rnin g’.”

N ancy colored scarlet un d er the auburn

rings of hair.

“C an 't I send ’em up by little Bill

Becker, father?” said sh e.“ Webster

Wixon will be there , an d— and I don’t

like Webster Wix on , w ith his re d nose

and his compliments."

Mr. Moppet frow ned.

|“ N ancy ,” said he,“ don't be a fool. I

can see through y e, like y e was a pane o'

|glass. W ebster Wixon s a w ell-to-do

man, w ith money out a t interest, and

you'd ou ghter b e tickled to d eath that

he’s took a notio n to you.”“B ut, fa ther—”

“And, talk in’ ’b out eg g s ,” ad ded Mr.

Moppet,“you may take four dozen up to

Peach Farm.Mrs. Wixon wai s plenty

on’

•

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I

e room.Mr. M oppet glared balefully a fter her.

“She shall marry him ,” m uttered he,“

or she shall be no'd art er o’ m inel I

won't b e se t a t defiance b y —

^ Why,

helloa, Absalom P ark er, what brin g s you

here?”

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“Mr. Atkins' is took wusS this after­-

noon,” said Absalom, stan ding a t the

doorw ay, like a rustic Apollo.“W ants

to see ye—righ t off!”

I t was a Saturday afternoon. A s Mr.

Moppet drove by th e church do or, he

saw the load of wood being delivered for

the first fire of the season.

“Je s t in time !” said he to himself.

“There’s a frosty feel in the air .”

Grandfather Atkins lay am ong his p il­-

lows, like a wrinkled ghost.“J o h n ,” said he,“ all I ’ve go t in the

world is y ours; b u t I think I ’d o u g ht to

tell you where I ’ve hid it, senbe theb a nk

robbery giv e mo such a scare.”

“Certainly, certainly !” said his son-in-

law, w ith eager eyes, like those of a.bird

of prey.

“I've hid it aw ay’’

John Moppet placed his ear close to

the pallid lips.“Six five-hundred-dollar b ills

-

——”

“

Yes, yea—go on !”

“Fold ed up ih an old numb er of the

Horn H ill Gazette—

—” ■

“An old number ofthe H orn Hill

Gazette—I un derstand!” repeated Mop­-

pet. •>

“In the old stove out in the she dl”

gasped the old man.“I know ed no­-

body-would n ’t b e likely to lo ok th ere!

I t ’s yours, Joh n Moppet.—every 'cent of

it. And mind you, d o n ’t spend i t in no

ex travagance!”So speaking, tho old miser closed his

dim eyes and w ent w here there is neither

money nor countin g of money.

John Moppet uttere d an exceed in g b it­-

ter cry as he rem embered the ligh te d

m atch h e had put to th e crum p led papers

*-the stove, to m ake 4 drou g h t’

when i t was p ut up 'in thanOT tnwest cor-1

nor of the c h urc h—the roar of the blaze

throu gh tbo len gth s of Russian p ipe, Ih

his excellent management h e

trived to overreach himself.

He w ent hom eland sat all the eveningin a sort of stup or, w ith h is h ead in his

aa. cott-

hands

T h e Naotiln s an d Argonaut®Ho w B e e s C ling to S mo o th B o ard s.

Referring to the nautilus and argo-,

uauta, a writer in Hnpnlar Science MonthlyI

says: E a cb has a row of arm s, with

suckers around tbe m mth, and they

move in the same manner as cuttlefishes

do-^b y ejec tin g a qu antity of water

throu g h a tube with such force as to

drive the animal b ack w ard . T be nauti-i

lus, as i t grow s, builds the shell larger

to accomm odate the growring body,

building on the edge and continu in g the

spiral, an d at tbe same time forming a

partition across the rear If a nautilus

Shell is c u t longitudinally it will be found

to be m ade up of a large anterior cham­-

ber, whn h the -animal occupied jus t be­-

fore it die d,

and behind a large number

of cham bers separated from each bytransverse partitions, and connected to­

gether only by a small circu lar bole tb at

exists in earii partition . When the

nautilus is nli .e a • fleshy tube runs

through all these i hambers, passing

through tin-hue* , and forms the onlyconnection lirh u ni the animal and the

rear chambers unce inhabited by it.It is

thou g h t that by means of this tub e the

rear com p artm ents ran lie filled with

water of emptied at the nnitnal’s will,

thu s allo w in g it either to rise to the sur-

face-or to sink to any required depth.

Argonauta is a pttro w hite, ridged shell,

thin and delicate, the anim al bein^ very

much like the nautilus, b ut in this case

th e female has the covering, while the

male is entirly without the shell.

jr - - .im —±-d

I ha v e seen .a single b ee cling, to a

sm o o thly dressed b o ard w ith its fro nt

feet, an d sup p ortin g A livin g Chain Of

tw enty -fiv e b ees,thus sup p ortin g twenty-five times her o wn Weight, for ah indefi­-

nite time . T hero Was a tim e when I was

puzzled to k now how th e bee could h old

onto the sm ooth h oard an d sustain such

a w eight. B ut .tho m agn ifying glass r e-

weals a finely cu rv e d claw a t th e ex­-

tre m ity of each, p f th e fro nt p air o f legs,an d these enabled the b ee to cling to th e

wood in any p ositio n , w ith, its h ack

dow n as well as otherw ise. B u t how

does the b ee m anage to tun up a pane-o f

glass or a sheet of p olish ed metal ? H er

sh arp claw s w ill rie t serye in th is case.

Well; na ture h a s prpYided for th a t in a

wo n derful way. ' I once h a d a the ory to

account for t h i s w on d erfu l feat, B ut

when I com m enced to s tu dy the anatomy

o f the b ee un der th e m agnify in g glassm y theory was foun d to b e wide of the

m ark. T h e g la ss show s an infinitesimal

gland in th e s o l es , of th e feet, w hich se­-

crete a mucilaginous substance of suffi­-

cient tena c ity to enable th e bee to cling

to tho sm o o thest su rfa c e tha t i t is likely

to come in c o ntac t w ith.—New Torh Ob­-

server.

“N 't anoth er worrl," grum bled Mr.

Moppet.“I kno w jest exactly w hat’s

com m ’. I t ’s th a t foolish nonsense about

Absalom P ark er, tha t I hop^d y o u'd got

over long ago. Absalom hain't no prop­-

erty , and ain't like to h a v e none, and no

dau gh ter o' mine ain’t go in'to marry|

your Gran dfather Atk in s 's hired m a n,no t

if I know it.”

to see w as tt o inteBiperance any more than von, le an

stop drinking ju s t when I w ant to , Yoti

shall go. Now, comeright along.” Persuasion,has conquered, Sarbsonylelds to to e coaxingand there is carnival in hell th a t nightamong the Philistines and they shout: “Ha!

ha! 'We've got hlm.’1 Those Who have; th e

kindest and mo st sympathetic: natures a re

the m ost in danger. Your Very dispositionto please>others wfll hato e v ery trap theyS et I f .you Were cold and harsh and severe.

in your nature y ou would not be tampei'edWife,-Peopjeneverfondle a hedgehog. Th*fo ,most sentim ental Greenlander never kisses

a n iceberg. The-Warmth and susceptibilityof y our nature w ill encourage to e siren.

Though Strtog as a giant; look out for

Deliiah’n scissors. Samson, toe strongest

m anWho ever lived, wag.overcome b y coax­-

ing.Again, thls narrAtive toaekesus to e power

of an ill disposed Woman. In toe p ortra it

Ruth a n d Miriam and Vashti and Deborah,

b u t in -therogues’ gallery df a police-stationyou-find the pictures of wotueu as well a*

men. Delilah’s picture belongsto th erogues”gallary, bu t she h ad more power than all

Philistii.i tia armed wife-sword tad speta* Bhe

could c an y offth eiro n gate s ofBamson’s reso­-

lution a s /a s ily a s he sEoulAeredto e gates o f

whxmiv.

oiftdXy^fiTtigeupne 'fferSj’from , .u tterly succumbs to fee silken net Which

Ddflah weavee'for the giant; He who h ad

driven all army in rlotous re tre et m to toe

bleached ja »bone, smiting them hip t a d

of Adah; t a d Ziflta, ataB athsh eb n

,apd Jezebel, and Athallah, and Herodias,How denlornble the influence of such in

contrast with Rebecca t a d Phoebe* t a d Hul-

d ah an dTry p h on* ta d Jephtha’sdanrh ter;

and M ary, the-mother of Jeans, While the

latter glitter in the firmament of God’s Word

like constellations Wito sttody, cheerful,holyligh t, to* fmfner Aoofc hi * baleful m e-

teors across the terrified heavens, Ominous o f

War, disaster an d death,"""

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I f toere is»d(vittepower jn to* go o d toother, her face brigh t

’“ ' ' ■ iintoUlsh love heauflngfromandsuffem

b eta

menowing and Softening for to ta l *

lar, utttang itself inev«y svllaM*, a dfg-‘ d ethrta sd b a dWI iritoi

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with p urity ,an umrtfla b tadn

ity tttottototo t be.■M-*

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that wiU

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toepkyfttlMssthat will not to ah 1stall, M r

handtbetoarm tritt ttatoaMy titos ptasout of tbe child’s worst w«*ad, ber

a new iW fl bMMdtoffta, tar ' ’M«e*

« u

He paused with this multiplicity of

double negatives. N ancy set h er small,

pearl white teeth to g eth er ; h er eyes

flashed with hazel fire. I t was a cieaf

case of true love versus money.

“Take them eggs s tra ig h t up to Peach

Farm , "reiterated Mr. M oppet, shaking

his forefinger a t Nancy,“ an' d o n ’ t ar ­

gufy the p 'n t no furth er. I ’m your

father, and I k no w 'w h a t’s best for you!”“B ut your go in g ri ght past the Wix-

ons’ door.”

lhe. ;mag:.-and‘:-had}

“No. I ain ’t , neither. I ’m go in ’ the

Horn Hill Road. I'v e been a p p ’inted

by the Supply Comm ittee to buy an air­-

tigh t wood stove for th e ch urc h ,” b e

added w ith som e complacency.“ The

old one's ru s te d clear out, so there’s

danger o’--fire

the bi'ethred • have stfbsdkiped tw enty

dollars for a new one--lcastw ays', a

second hand one. if its jes t as g o od.”

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9

X4 ‘ §\ \

The World’s Coast Lines.

William Hosea B allo u says in Pranki

Leslie's: Tho W ar D epartm ent, on ap p li­-

cation, h a s collated for mwa table o tth e ex-

j-mIilina.to y jjF’ -’■Tn’

i nei r^

n g 'ih dentotions basecr on coast Sur­-

veys.■T o this is a d de d the com puted

lengths of o ther b o u n day lines of o ur’

dominion. S ide b y s ic jt.is placed the

accurate table o f tho le n gth s of foreigncoast lin e possible fo Secure.

-- —Vegetable P o etr y . '

Potatoes i-n-ne fri.rofar Virginia;,.Pfirsley was sent us from .Sardinia;French beans, V.>w gr-iwmg ou the earth,To distant India trm e tlieir hlrtb, .

IB utscarlet rniuisrs gey and tall,.

T hat climbed upon ymir garden wall—

A cheerful' sight tp.^1 a! mnd

In South America wers found

Theenioii traveled her: i v"ti n,

The look t r im So it z-’rtin I .1 ■1111ti

Garlic from Sicily obtain,

Spinich in Syria grown.Two hun dred years ago dr more

Brazil’th e artichoke sent d er.

And SoUtherU Kuropela sea ia.ast shore

Beet root on iis bnetows

When, ’Iiizabeth was reigning here.

Peas came from lb .Hand, and were lear

This South of Rurope lay3 its claim

To ,beans, but soiiie. from Egypt name.

Tfie radishes,, hoth thin and stout,

Natives of f.'htnti are., ho doubt;

But turnips, onTf 'to and sea kale,

With celery, Bi i-rHp.iind bale,

Are products of Otir own fair land.

And cabbages; a B'l'idly tribfi,

Which ab le r pens: mlgnt'weU desrHbe,

.,.ArealTO-Our»,I;undarstao'l. , ,r....

, t.bn>lon Vou~u} Folks’ Rural.

The Ocean’s

The gseatestknown depth ofthe oceta

is toi d ^r b ta r i taff tire Island of Trk tta

d ’Acunba t a d the mouth of th* Rio M

la Plata. The bottom was there reached

s i a tiepthvof 40,^36 feet, or r i^ ht and

timse-Ttator miles, excseding by mow

than IV,009 feet tire height ot Ifount

Everest, the loftiest mountain in -the

world. In the North Atlantic Goeta;-south of Newfoundland, soundings havejbeen made to a depth w 4680fathoms^

or 8f,480 feat, whfls d«»th* exoea

or six tad.Mie-haifmiles, •»

ported southof the BermudaHl»nd». The^ .jjj J

average depth of the Paeiflo-Ocean,tweta JapJrn and CaBlomia, h a Uttta

“liti tad

taan i

Webster Wixon, a fa t . middle-agedbachelor, was out helping to gather th e

October apples on the rtnrth s ide rofthe

house when .NFancy rhme up

haste'to welcome her

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THE COA.ST-SHBVET VAXIX WITH INDICA­-

TIONShands

Nancy,busied ab o ut h e r househo ld

tasks, watched him irith hazel eyes of

surprise.■‘Ididn ’t kn ow hq tho u gh t so m u ch of

Gran’th er Atkins," pondered sh e.

“Six tim es fivo is th irty —six times five

is th ir t y ,” m used Mr. Moppet, ro ok in g

to an d fro.“ Six flve-hundred-dollar

hills! T hree—;thousand—dollars-1—an d

all gouo up chirably in one bre ath o ’

wind, an d m e as done itl I sh all g o

crazy. I shall lose my m ind. Three—

thou : -sand—d ollars 1 I t’ s a judgmenton me I’ve been a mis’abte sinner, and

cheated the church.’ I've temperedwith

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eurtly. .‘■8et down a spell; won & ye?" sim-

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I ’m in a Hurnr,” said N ancy.

“B ut, NanryAifc.’"-'

My name's ;M iss Mopp et, sir ?”

“I'v e got something. Very p articu lar to

say to you, N a nry ,' urg ed tb e middle-

aged suitor“

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